Can my RBTA recover from a PH trauma?

fatoldsun

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I have an anemone (RBTA) that's been in the 90 for a few months. It was on its way to splitting when I brought it home and it has since split. Since, both halves have continued to browse the real estate in the tank. I though both were fairly well settled but I suppose I was wrong. After a solid week of neither moving, they both pulled up their proverbial "œanchors" in search of sunnier pastures at some point on Monday. Anyway I came in on Monday night after staying up way too late to watch a game and the smaller of the two was sitting on a powerhead. It hadn't moved to the "œscreen" part so it was intact but it looked like it was getting a "œblow-out" and had shrunk or shriveled considerably. I turned off the PH and carefully removed it and placed it on a rock that would be well positioned under the lights when they came on yesterday morning.
Here it is after 48 hours post trauma:

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And for reference, here is the other piece

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So I'm not sure if it'll make it - I'm a bit concerned because I attempted to spot feed it yesterday and it showed little or no interest. The other guy behaved as normal and clutched in on itself to trap and eat what was squirted into (or near) its mouth. Anyway, it has opened up considerably since Monday night, but still many of the tentacles are only partially inflated and partially still shriveled. Any thoughts on how I can help nurse this back to health? Any suggestions on how to prevent this from happening again?
 
I would let him br for a while, you don't need to feed anemones so don't try to and stress him out. Anemones are a lot hardier than people give them credit for so I would say by the looks of it he seems to be on the road to recovery. Just keep an eye on him.
 
Thanks rucmd. Hopefully you're right. For what it's worth, here's a better shot of the nem's condition. Still has decent color but you can better make out the status of the tentacles.*
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